Post #4: The Progressive Era

Link to article: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/nearly-half-of-germans-want-u-s-troops-out/

I found this article on The American Conservative. The article details the response to President Donald Trump’s announcement of a planned withdrawal of nearly 12,000 U.S. troops from Germany. Although most American Democrats and senior military officials disapproved of President Trump’s decision, many Germans were very happy about the decision to withdraw the US troops. On top of that, many experts and political figures in America believe withdrawing troops helps Russia as well.

This article provided me a unique perspective on war and American foreign affairs that aren’t seen very often on the news today. In general, from what I’ve seen on the news, war is talked about very often and very rarely is it in a negative light. In history classes, I learned that there is a constant trope where a country is having “problems” (where these problems could be legitimate or just blown out of proportion), and America swoops in and attempts to be the hero, when it is not their place.

I’ve never heard of this website, and I feel like the reason behind this also has to do with the fact that people have to seek out obscure websites in order to hear strong antiwar voices. America seems to be pretty pro-war, and this is because the country and its leaders like to play Hero, even though in reality, the US tends to make things a lot worse.